Government moves to abolish outdated marital practices

The Prime Minister has recently approved a ten-year project to eradicate
destructive types of marriage among ethnic communities.

The project targets to reduce early marriages by 3 percent annually
and marriage among people of the same direct blood line or among
relatives within three generations by between 3 and 5 percent.

To realise these goals, the project will launch a substantial number
of public awareness-raising and educational campaigns and train more
than 90 percent of participating officials in ethnic and socio-cultural
affairs.-VNA